The people of Shrewsbury turned out in their hundreds at the town fire station's annual open day.
Crowds watched in awe as the crews put on displays involving lots of smoke, water and how they deal with casualties.at the Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service headquarters, in St Michael's Street, was a dedicated hour for special educational needs and disability visitors.Andrew Davies, the crew manager of Red Watch, whose turn it was to organise the event, said:"It was a real team effort and included fire control.
A team from the West Midlands Ambulance Service was also on the scene to take their part in demonstrations of how crews respond to road crashes. Mr Davies said a special stall selling children's toys, which were donated or bought from charity shops, sold out within 90 minutes.Shrewsbury Fire Station has an on-call fire crew as well as firefighters who work there full-time.The Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service offers training to become an on-call firefighter and can offer an online home fire safety check to evaluate fire risks within homes.
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